| Dan Baumann is the retired publisher
of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, IL-based publisher
of the Daily Herald, Reflejos and several websites and serves
as board chairman for the company. He is active in community organizations
in his adopted Spring Green. He and his wife Karen are also known for hosting
scores of musicians for dinner between Sunday concerts at Frank Lloyd
Wright's Taliesin. |
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| Larry Bechler grew up playing music: first piano, then trumpet all the way through college marching band and into post-college bands. He has a love of live chamber music, spawned by BDDS and the Spoleto Festival in Charleston. He practices law at Murphy Desmond S.C and has served on various committees and commissions throughout his life. |
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| Martha Casey earned her Ph.D. in organic chemistry and began her professional career as a research chemist. She subsequently worked in the University of Wisconsin-Madison administration for 29 years, retiring several years ago as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Analysis. Now she has time for her life-long interest in music, opera and ballet. She has attended and admired BDDS performances since they began. |
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| Norman Gilliland hosts and produces a variety
of programs at Wisconsin Public Radio, including Morning Classics, The
Midday, University of the Air, and Old-Time Radio Drama, and also reads
for Chapter A Day. He’s the announcer for the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s
Concerts on the Square and is the author of two books about classical music, Grace
Notes for a Year and Scores to Settle. He’s a long-time fan
of BDDS. |
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| Susan Horwitz majored in music as an undergraduate at Wesleyan University, but was drawn to computer science by a professor's smile, and completed her Ph.D. in that field at Cornell University. She currently pursues both interests, working as a professor of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while playing the piano and attending as many concerts as possible, particularly those presented by the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society. |
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| George Reizner is a Professor of Dermatology
at the University of Wisconsin where his research and key publications
have been on skin cancer. He currently serves as the Treasure General of
the International Society of Dermatology and is an Associate Editor of
the International Journal of Dermatology. When he is not organizing and
giving local, national and international meetings in exotic destinations,
he may be seen ushering at a BDDS concert. |
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| Norma Sober, now retired, had a long career
as an arts administrator in Madison as the director of outreach at the
Madison Civic Center and as director of development and education
at Madison Repertory Theatre. She is a member of the Madison Arts
Commission and is an occasional consultant to cultural organizations, for
which she sometimes gets paid. |
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| Vicki Stewart helped to found Madison Repertory Theatre in 1969. She held just about every position there through the years until her retirement in 1999. She has been a member of the Madison Arts Commission and has continued to volunteer for civic organizations such as Downtown Rotary Club and the Theater Grant Advisory Panel of Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission. |
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| Anne Taylor Wadsack, an attorney in private
practice in Madison, is a shareholder with DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C.,
which has been a supporter of BDDS for several years. Anne describes
herself as an amateur musician "who has the benefit of never having
to perform in public." |
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| Daphne Webb, a dedicated pianist and violinist
from an early age, ultimately turned her attention to law. She has a formidable
reputation as a family law attorney with Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, emphasizing
mediation and collaborative law. |
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| Suzie Wilkinson discovered BDDS as a small group performing at Oakwood Village auditorium in 1994 and has been trying to win door prizes ever since. Since recently accepting part-time, "voluntary retirement" after the sale of her business Photo Express/expressportraits, she is looking forward to getting back to work in the community, enjoying her grandchildren and cooking. |
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